Swiss drug major Novartis AG (NVS) announced the publication of the CLAIM study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine, which demonstrated that treatment with once-daily Ultibro Breezhaler (indacaterol/glycopyrronium 110/50 mcg) significantly improved lung and cardiac function when compared to placebo, in...

Scor S.E. (SZCRF.PK) reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter consolidated net income, Group share climbed 58.2 percent to 261 million euros from 165 million euros a year ago.
Normalized net income was 250 million euros, compared to 148 million euros last year.
Gross written premiums edged up...

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY.PK) Thursday reported a 29.4 percent increase in profit for fiscal 2017 and said that it met all its financial targets for the year.
For the year, the Group's net profit rose to 3.46 billion euros from 2.68 billion euros last year.
The company noted...

French insurer AXA (AXAHY.PK) reported Thursday that its fiscal 2017 net income rose 7% to 6.21 billion euros from last year's 5.83 billion euros. The results mainly were driven by a strong increase in adjusted earnings and significantly lower restructuring costs, partly offset by a less favorable impact...

Finland-based Nokia corp. (NOK) announced late Wednesday that Etisalat, an Abu Dhabi-based telecom group, has chosen the Nuage Networks Virtualized Network Services or VNS SD-WAN solution as part of its 'Sahaab Program' to cloudify network services.
The company noted that Nuage Networks VNS enables...

Trinity Industries, Inc. (TRN) announced, for the full year 2018, the company anticipates earnings of between $1.15 and $1.35 per share, excluding transaction costs of approximately $25 million that the company expects to incur related to the potential spin-off and with a revised effective tax rate of...

Tupperware Brands Corp. (TUP) announced its Board elected Patricia (Tricia) Stitzel to the position of President & CEO and nominated her for election to the company's Board, effective May 9. E.V. (Rick) Goings will serve as Executive Chairman.
Stitzel has served as the company's President & Chief...

Ford Motor Company (F) announced that Raj Nair, executive vice president and president, North America, is departing from the company effective immediately. The decision follows a recent internal investigation into reports of inappropriate behavior. The review determined certain behavior by Nair was inconsistent...

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is in talks to buy long-term supplies of cobalt directly from miners for the first time, seeking to ensure it will have enough of the key battery ingredient amid industry fears of a shortage driven by the electric vehicle boom, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.
The...

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) said that it reaffirmed its 2018 reported earnings per share guidance, announced on February 8, for 2018 full-year reported diluted earnings per share to be in a range of $5.20 to $5.35, versus $3.88 in 2017.
Excluding a favorable currency impact, at then-prevailing...

Priceline Group Inc. (PCLN) said that it is changing its name to Booking Holdings Inc., effective today. Booking Holdings stock will begin trading under the new ticker symbol NASDAQ: BKNG on February 27, 2018.
Booking Holdings consists of six primary brands: Booking.com, priceline.com, KAYAK, agoda.com,...

Broadcom Limited (AVGO) announced that the company is prepared to acquire Qualcomm for $79 per Qualcomm share, consisting of $57 in cash and $22 in Broadcom shares. Broadcom adjusted its offer following the Qualcomm board's decision to transfer $4.10 per Qualcomm share from Qualcomm stockholders to NXP...